[JoenTX]

Trafficant, huh.

If anyone remembers, back during the Clinton years, he was one of the more common sense and realistic Dems you were likely to hear. Rush played him a fair bit on his show. He wasn’t (isn’t?) a raving liberal, leftist, Socialist clod.

He’s been convicted and has a rap-sheet..............but he may well be a damn sight better than about 75% of the current Dems.

Just saying, that’s the state of the current Dem Party and overall political landscape.

[AlmaKing]

Plus, you get the hair at no charge in the total package.

[Plumberman27]

Yeah,they finally were able to convict the man on getting a porch built at his house at tax payers expense. That is after he took on the IRS on numerous occasions and beat them in every case. I Think they tried to get him for tax evasion on 6 or 7 different occasions. He pissed off somebody and they sent they IRS after him. The guy is a dinosaur but a good dinosaur. One thing i am sure of is that he stopped the mob wars in the tri state area. Does anyone remember the phrase, “Youngstown Tune Up”?

[gunsequalfreedom]

He’s been convicted and has a rap-sheet..............but he may well be a damn sight better than about 75% of the current Dems.

I lived in his district and met him from time to time. Traficant might have played it a bit loose - he was after all convicted. But he was also a thorn in the side of a government run amok. They went after him for that. By the standards they applied to him they should all be in jail. You have it right on the common sense part in your post. Maybe it was a case of just not good sense.

[DJ Frisat]

"He’s been convicted and has a rap-sheet..........."

Almost certainly because he didn't toe the pro-big government, liberal Democrat line. If he were a good little Democrat, they would've circled the wagons.

[SF_Redux]

why aren’t people like him culled from the beginning anymore?

what the hell is wrong in this country?